The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-02-03

correspondence VIII ulnOiOoO buO btuo
history of the Cutting affair, followed
by reasons for the resignation OF the
Minister, which the Secretary would
rather not have go 10 the public. The
correspondence was based upon per.
sonal quarrel between the Secretary
and Minister last May when Gen. jack
son was here on leave OF absence.
He claims. that he was sDubbef
by the Secretary and treated
in anything but courteous man
ner. When he called to pay his re-
specis and talk over affairs, the Sc
rotary declined to accord him an in
terview, bet asked to be excu ed upon
the ground that he was Goiug to New
YORK, and was compelled to leave his
office early in the morning. de did
not 20 to New York until next. day.
On the third day he returned, but it
was three or four days after that be-
fore the Minister could zee him. The
interview was not satisfactory, and
the Minister left for his post il high
frame of mind. He had not much
more than arrived at the Mexican
capital when he received a telegram
from the Secretary ordering him to
demand from the:Mexican Govern
ment the immediate release OF Cutting,
this being the first official commune
cation he had received from the de-
partment on the subject, the Minister
having been ignored Dy the Secretary,
who preferred to transact the bust
ness with Consul Bingham at Paso del
Norte. The Minister executed the
order, and at the same time telegraph
ing his resignation, which remained
Enacted upon until Envoy Ssdgwick
was commissioned. The day this was
done Mr.. Jackson sent per-
emptory telegram to the Secretary de-.
manding that he be relieved at once.
To this the Secre tary paid no attention.
firing of this kind Of treatment he ad-
dressed note 10 the President, giving
in detail the manner in which he had
been treated by the Secretary and the
humiliating position he had been
crowded into. Gen. jackson also sent
q copy of the letter to the S!ate De-
partment for the purpose of having ii
appear smorg the records of the de-
partment. The correspondence, when
made public, from all indications. will
throw the odium of the Mexican fasco
upon the Secretary which, Jackson
friends calm, the Secretary has at.
tempted to heap upon the late Minis
ter. 1t ia argued that Mr.. Bsyard will
put off as long as poss bic furnishing
the Senate with the correspondence.
There has been nothing done yet
tow ard preparing it. Unless it is forth
coming in few days, Senator Brown
says he will offer a supplementary
resolution asking for it within a GER
tain time.
CARDINAL GLIB )Ns's MISSION TO ROME.
When Cardinal Gibbons was in
Washington recently he was ap-
preached cautiously by a number Of
persons on the attitude OF the Catho.
lie Church on the free land doctrines
of Henry George. He evaded direct
reply, but aaId in due season the
church would speak for itself with au-
thori.y and clearness He intimsted
on one occasion, however, that the
church had not given its ultimate
dictum regarding Mr.. Georges theo-
ries, notwiths anding what had been
written and sid by some OF the
b shops on this side of the Atlantic.
This rather startling admission, COM
ing as it did cl Jsely in the wake OF the
settlement telegraphed from Rome,
quoting the Pope's secretary, as
expressing surprise that the church
had been placed by some of its
American clergy in unqualified oppo-
silion to the Henry George doctrine,
had led 10 speculation smOng the few
who are informed of the Cardinals ut
terances as to what the attitude of the
Holy See ia finally to be. Catholics
generally here had accepted the die
tum Of Archbishop Coyrigan as con-
elusive utterancs OF the church,
and the small number who learned
from the Cardinal that there is an ele-
ment OF doubt as to whether the Bish-
ops sweeping and incisive condemna-
ton of the free land doctrine is to be
permitted to stand as an outline OF the
church's policy are intensely curious
to know the result of the Cardinals
visit to Rome. While in Washington
the Cardinal spoke gu,rdedly of the
McGlynn case. He intimated that it
was simply a case Of disobedience or
Righteousness against the authority of
the church, and under these circum-
stances there was but one course for
the ultimate authority of the church
to pursue. Still Father McGlynn's
punishment was matter OF elt ction,
and would be controlled by con-
siderations OF expedieDcy and the
good of the church. 1t is known
here, since the Cardinals visit, that
his summons to Rome was hRs'ened
by the refusal or failure of Father Nc
Glynn to respond to the mandate OF
Pope Leo to appear instantly in Rome
to answer in person the charges of in
suboIdination and the advocacy of
de- ctriue that had not been duly passed
upon by the PApal authority. The
great importance of this mission OF the
Cardinal TO the Vatican was SIGNAL
IL I'D by him in a remark made to,a
well known Catholic public man at a
reception given here in his honor,
that the case Of the recalcitrant priest
involved far more than the mere mat
ter of obedience from q subordinate to
a superior in authority; that 1t opened
up question of great magnitude upon
which the church would be compelled
TO legislate for the guidance Of its min
listers. He Is reported to have ex-
pressed regret that 30 important a
matter should have come up as a Sc
quence of disloyal act on
toe part of q servant OF the
church and that the church
should have thus been prsmaturely
drawn into the issue. 1t is therefore
certain that the Cardinal has an ex.
important errand to the Vat.
lean, in addition to lsceiving from the
Pope the insignia and formal invest
ment OF his new authority. The sail
ing OF Cardinal Gibbons, in company
with Cardinal Tsscherau, of Canada,
from New York on Saturday for Rome.
gave rise to a conversation in which
these interesting disclosures were
made. 1t is believed the question OF |
The attitude of the church on the Hem
~ George doctrine, as we'll as upon |
The general subject OF property rights.
10 view Of the modern tendency to |
Vast accommodations Of wealth, which |